When we shared that we had already booked a long haul flight to travel with our 4.5-month-old baby before he was even born, I’m sure some people thought that we were extremely brave or plain stupid! Being completely honest I was slightly anxious about the whole thing, but having the reassurance that the flights and hotel were refundable should we decide to bail out on the whole adventure put those

Good Morning and welcome to Black Friday, the official Black Friday that is. If you’ve been browsing the internet this week, or have just been doing the odd bit of early Christmas shopping, then you’ll be aware that it is a discount jungle out there. Retailers have started their ‘cyber weekend’ offers earlier and earlier and whilst this is utter temptation, I’m looking at it on the plus side…time to

It’s Monday morning, you’re scrolling through Instagram and, guaranteed, if you haven’t seen the #mondaymotivation shots, or the #coffee shot, then you’ve definitely seen some beautiful flat lays or images containing plants! There are large overflowing String of Pearl plants, air purifying Mothers Tongue plants and those really cute desk (aka low maintenance succulent) plants. Plants are having their moment and have suddenly become cool. Well, I mean they’ve always

Summer may be slowly slipping away into Autumn, but for those of you lucky enough to slip away outside of the school holidays, now is the perfect time to seek out that winter sun. Passport and bank cards aside, the next most important item on your list must be THE bag of the summer, the straw bag. Why have I taken so long – almost the end of summer –

Sleep – the universal activity that all humans need to survive; an essential activity to rest and recoup the body and mind. With the average adult recommended to get between 7 to 8 hours of restful sleep per night, for a poor sleeper like me, this requires a lot of commitment in a carefully timed pre-bedtime routine! If this scenario sounds familiar to you, or you’re also a poor sleeper/insomniac,

Today’s post is not about a Day, birthdays, pay day or any other sort of “day”. It’s simply about treating yourself! We often feel that there needs to be a reason when it comes to doing something nice for yourself, or a secret currency exchange that occurs where you tell yourself if you do X then you can have X. Well today, I wanted to throw that notion out of

And I’m back! Happy New Year to all and whoever may be reading this. It’s a New Year and a New Me! Haha…I can almost hear you nearly choke on your tea! Such a cliché right! Yes, it’s a new year, but not so dissimilar to the previous year (minus the fact that it’s 2017 not 2016) and well, as much as I would have like to have morphed into

When was the last time you printed a picture? I guess I should answer this question myself as I’m asking you. Well, for me, it was probably about three years ago when I used an image from my wedding day for handmade personalised thank you cards. Since then, nothing. The volumes of pictures I have taken on various holidays or events end up on a memory stick and on my

Happy Thanksgiving! Many of you will associate Thanksgiving with Pumpkin Pie, turkey and a national holiday if you live in the United States. But what does Thanksgiving actually mean? Thanksgiving was originally a day dedicated for giving thanks and the blessing of the harvest for the year ahead. The traditional thanksgiving meal sees families and friends coming together in peace, dining and giving thanks for the year ahead. So I

It’s officially Spring, the one time of year that legitimises the nation having a good old clear out! Spring cleaning sounds like a chore but it is something that a lot of us actually enjoy. After a year of accumulating stuff, it’s the perfect time to have a little clear out and get rid of those unwanted Christmas presents that you have been storing away! Me, personally, I tend to